We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The PokerStars PA Winter Series followed the completion of the PokerStars NJ Winter Series in January, a nine-day, 21-event series that featured $300,000 in guarantees. In PokerStars NJ’s version of the series, every event exceeded its guarantee except one that was. Winter Series event and tickets won in All-in Shootouts will be valid for 365 days. If unused during Winter Series, they can be used for any regular tournaments or satellites on PokerStars with the equivalent buy-in. Winter Series $3 Spin & Go's.

PokerStars wants to give its online poker players in New Jersey the chance to be a part of a substantial tournament series this month. The Winter Series returns for PokerStars NJ and FOX Bet players located within the borders of New Jersey on January 21.

The series will be the first of many in 2021. This year’s iteration, though, is bigger than last year’s by far. The 2020 Winter Series for New Jersey offered only $300K in guarantees, while the upcoming series will guarantee at least $500K. And the number of events more than doubled.

PokerStars is running its Winter Series concurrently in New Jersey and Pennsylvania this year to award a cumulative $1.5M…at least.

It all starts next week.

Details of PokerStars NJ Winter Series

PokerStars decided to up the ante, so to speak, on everything for New Jersey this year. For the Winter Series of 2021, there will be $500K in tournament guarantees spread out over 40 tournaments. The entire series is almost double the size of the one hosted last year.

Action kicks off on January 21 and runs for 11 days through January 31, complete with a $100K-guaranteed Main Event and even a Mini Main Event. Those will be the grand finale of the series. Players of almost all bankrolls will be able to participate, as buy-ins will start at $20 and hit as high as $750.

Let’s get to the schedule lineup:

Thursday, January 21

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-Event 1: $100 NLHE Series Kick-Off ($17.5K GTD)

-Event 2: $200 NLHE 8-Max PKO Thursday Thrill ($20K GTD)

-Event 3: $20 NLHE 8-Max PKO Mini Thrill ($6.5K GTD)

-Event 4: $100 NLHE 7-Max Turbo ($8.5K GTD)

Friday, January 22

-Event 5: $200 NLHE 6-Max ($12.5K GTD)

-Event 6: $75 NLHE 8-Max PKO Turbo ($7.5K GTD)

-Event 7: $30 NLHE Hyper-Turbo ($3K GTD)

Saturday, January 23

-Event 8: $100 NLHE 8-Max Deepstack ($12.5K GTD)

-Event 9: $50 NLHE 6-Max Saturday Speedway ($7.5K GTD)

-Event 10: $200 NLHE Bigstack Turbo ($8.5K GTD)

-Event 11: $100 NLHE Marathon ($8.5K GTD)

Sunday, January 24

-Event 12: $150 NLHE 8-Max PKO ($15K GTD)

-Event 13: $200 NLHE Sunday Special ($35K GTD)

-Event 14: $50 NLHE 6-Max Mini Special ($10K GTD)

-Event 15: $200 NLHE 8-Max PKO Turbo ($12.5K GTD)

-Event 16: $75 NLHE 6-Max Hyper-Turbo Supersonic ($8.5K GTD)

Monday, January 25

-Event 17: $50 NLHE 8-Max Big Antes ($10K GTD)

-Event 18: $100 NLHE 4-Max PKO ($12.5K GTD)

Tuesday, January 26

-Event 19: $250 NLHE Super Tuesday ($30K GTD)

-Event 20: $30 NLHE Mini Super Tuesday ($10K GTD)

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-Event 21: $150 NLHE 6-Max PKO Turbo ($10K GTD)

Wednesday, January 27

-Event 22: $200 NLHE 8-Max ($20K GTD)

-Event 23: $750 NLHE 6-Max High Roller ($20K GTD)

-Event 24: $50 NLHE 8-Max PKO Deepstack Turbo ($8.5K GTD)

Thursday, January 28

-Event 25: $250 NLHE 8-Max PKO Thursday Thrill ($20K GTD)

-Event 26: $30 NLHE 8-Max PKO Mini Thrill ($5K GTD)

-Event 27: $200 8-Game ($10K GTD)

-Event 28: $150 NLHE 7-Max Turbo ($5K GTD)

Friday, January 29

-Event 29: $200 NLHE Deepstack Turbo ($8.5K GTD)

-Event 30: $30 NLHE Heads-Up Total KO Zoom ($5K GTD)

-Event 31: $200 NLHE 7-Max PKO Hyper-Turbo ($8.5K GTD)

Saturday, January 30

-Event 32: $200 NLHE 8-Max Deepstack ($12.5K GTD)

-Event 33: $100 NLHE 6-Max PKO ($12.5K GTD)

-Event 34: $75 NLHE 4-Max Turbo ($8.5K GTD)

Sunday, January 31

-Event 35: $100 NLHE PKO Big Antes ($12.5K GTD)

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-Event 36: $300 NLHE Main Event ($100K GTD)

-Event 37: $50 NLHE Mini Main Event ($20K GTD)

-Event 38: $100 PLO 6-Max ($6K GTD)

-Event 39: $200 NLHE 8-Max PKO Turbo ($10K GTD)

-Event 40: $75 NLHE Hyper-Turbo Series Wrap-Up ($6.5K GTD)

There are a few non-hold’em tournaments, including some PLO and a mixed game. Players have a wide variety of formats to choose from, though, from knockouts to 6-max tables and turbo structures.

Seats, Seats, and More Seats

Players are winning seats into the tournaments as we hit publish on this article. There are special $3 Spin & Go’s happening on PokerStars NJ, and qualifier tournaments are great ways to win seats at a bargain price.

Any player depositing at least $30 from now through the end of the series – using a special “FREEZE” bonus code – will win a ticket to a special Depositor Freeroll on January 31, which will award $10K worth of tickets to the Main Event.

Second Chance Freerolls will also run throughout the Winter Series. Players who just miss the money in any Winter Series event will be able to play the freeroll for other Winter Series tickets.

The Winter Series returns Jan. 21-31 to PokerStars PA (45 events, $1M-plus total guarantees) and PokerStars NJ (40 events, $500K guarantees). https://t.co/95bUSDCT5jpic.twitter.com/U82V9oLZat

— PokerStarsBlog (@PokerStarsBlog) January 14, 2021

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The PokerStars PA andFox Bet Winter Series is off to a hot start in Pennsylvania.

The first six days have seen large turnouts, guarantee-eclipsing prize pools and nearly $800,000 awarded thus far.

Clean sweep: Guarantees exceeded in each of first 26 events

This year’s PokerStars PA Winter Series is an ambitious one. The schedule features 45 events and just over $1 million in total guarantees. That is significantly up from the 30 events and $675,000 in total guarantees during the first running of the Winter Series in January 2020.

It appears, from the first half of the series, that those changes were warranted.

Turnouts have been consistently high on each of the first six days. In fact, all 26 events thus far have had prize pools exceeding their guarantees.

While most tournament series run on PokerStars PA have attracted big fields and created prize pools often exceeding guarantees, typically, at least a handful of tournaments feature small overlays along the way.

That hasn’t been the case in this year’s Winter Series. In a few instances, the prize pools have more than doubled the guarantees.

Event #4, a $100 buy-in no-limit hold’em 6-max turbo, had a $8,500 guarantee and wound up awarding over $17,800. Event #5, a seven-handed turbo bounty event with a $20,000 guarantee, had enough players to push the prize pool over $50,000.

Similarly, the $5,000 guaranteed Event #10, the $75 H.O.R.S.E., awarded more than $10,800. Also, Event #16, a $75 pot-limit Omaha tournament, had a prize pool of more than $13,400, which more than doubled the $6,500 guarantee.

The largest prize pool to this point came in the event sporting the largest guarantee. The $100 buy-in Event #15, a “special edition” of the Sunday Special, came with a $100,000 guarantee. Almost 1,200 total entries together pushed the prize pool for that one close to $110,000.

Pokerstars Winter Series Schedule

As noted, just over $738,000 has been won so far in the series. That’s more than $200,000 clear of the $532,000 in total guarantees through the first 26 events.

High Roller, Main Event highlight remaining Winter Series schedule

There are still a number of big events left on the PokerStars PA Winter Series schedule, which continues through this Sunday, Jan. 31. Some of the remaining highlights include:

• Event #28 – $1,000 NLHE High Roller, $50K gtd. (Jan. 27)
• Event #31 – $250 NLHE Prog. KO, Thursday Thrill SE, $50K gtd. (Jan. 28)
• Event #41 – $300 NLHE Main Event, $200K gtd. (Jan. 31)
• Event #42 – $50 NLHE Mini Main Event, $35K gtd. (Jan. 31)

Also still to come is the Depositor Freeroll on Jan. 31. Players who deposit $30 or more at PokerStars PA using the bonus code “FREEZE” before the freeroll begins on Sunday earn seats. The tournament will award entries into that day’s $300 Main Event, with the tickets totaling $10,000.

Second Chance Freerolls also continue on PokerStars PA. For those, anyone playing an event who does not cash wins a free seat. Those tournaments also award tickets to other Winter Series events.

Here’s a look at the field sizes and prize pools through the first 26 events of the PokerStars PA Winter Series. Click here for the remaining schedule of events.

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